A roundup of what's happening on the Green Bay Packers beat.
GREEN BAY, Wis. -- A month ago, coach Mike McCarthy was barely getting any face time during the Packers' TV broadcasts.
He probably wishes that would have been the case this past Sunday.
The NBC cameras were focused on him during the fourth quarter of Sunday night's 55-14 win over the Chicago Bears. With Al Michaels and Cris Collinsworth talking about him, McCarthy appeared to trip over his headset cord, and, not surprisingly, he wasn't happy about it.
"That's kind of how I go," McCarthy said. "Bad timing."
McCarthy said he didn't remember tripping over the cord but instead remembered special teams coach Shawn Slocum bumping into him.
"I've got a knee I'm battling right now, and he hit me right on my knee," McCarthy said. "I probably didn't say the right kind of words."
It might have taken a couple of days, but by now most of McCarthy's players surely have seen it and likely will give him a hard time over it when the Packers return to practice on Wednesday.
"Yeah, I saw that," Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers said Tuesday on his ESPN Milwaukee radio show. "I haven't given him any grief about it yet."
Rodgers knows it can happen to anyone.
"You never know when the camera is going to be on your on the field," he said. "You've always got to be aware. They caught me in Dallas, I think it was last year, kind of tossing my clipboard. I wasn't embarrassed by that. It was a frustrating moment, but you just never know when they're going to have it on you and they could pick something and rerun it."
In case you missed it from ESPN.com:
Rodgers' hamstring wasn't an issue against the Bears, but he discovered one of the perils of coming out of the game early in a blowout. He said he ended up with a sore back from standing around so much.
Despite still trailing in the NFC North by a game, the Packers (6-3) jumped over the first-place Lions (7-2) in the latest ESPN Power Rankings.
The Packers will wear their throwback uniforms on Sunday against the Philadelphia Eagles at Lambeau Field.
The weekly feature "The Film Don't Lie" looked at an aspect of their game the Packers need to work on.
The Packers made a change on their practice squad. They re-signed receiver Alex Gillett and released guard Jordan McCray.
They also worked out three players: defensive tackle Kenneth Horsley (Mesabi Community College), safety Kimario McFadden (South Carolina State) and linebacker Chaz Sutton (South Carolina).
And speaking of workouts, Field Yates reported the Tennessee Titans had tackle Derek Sherrod in on Wednesday, a week after the Packers released the former first-round pick.
Best of the rest:
At ESPNWisconsin.com, you can listen to Rodgers' radio show in its entirety.
In the Green Bay Press-Gazette, Ryan Wood wrote that Jordy Nelson and Randall Cobb are on pace for more catches, receiving yards and receiving touchdowns than any twosome in Packers' history for a single season.
In the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Tyler Dunne wrote that while Rodgers' $110 million contract extension looks like a bargain, Jay Cutler's $126.7 million deal with the Bears looks like a mistake.
